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PROPULSION

Above: Working principle of the MAN

ECOCHARGE Two-Stage Turbocharging System.

Turbocharger

More Air is Key side from the ever-popular “Fuel Con- sumption Reduction,” a leading player

Better Turbocharger in the development of large combustion engines since the second halve of the 1980s has been reducing harmful ex-

Performance, Proven Tech haust emissions.

In view of increased environmental

Aawareness and the future price move- ments for fossil fuels, these two factors will remain a dominant force in future engine developments for the immediate future.

Engineer wisdom: Nothing is worse as the right idea at

Even more, since the beginning of air pollution control, the green- house gas emissions has been the main point of dispute because the wrong time. But with the new ECOCHARGE Two- the CO2 emissions are directly proportional to fuel consumption.

Stage Turbocharging System MAN D&T has reached

Therefore, the development activities intensively concentrates on favorable fuel consumption values with, at the same time, re- both goals.

duced harmful emissions without additional fuel consumption.

Consequently, legislation for further limitation of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions on large diesel engines lies at the heart of the current engine developments at MAN Diesel & Turbo in

REPORTING BY PETER POSPIECH

Augsburg, Germany.

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